UCR 4960 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: San Diego County, California (32.8° N, 117.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 103.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: upper Member (Scripps Formation), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; sandstone

• inner shelf

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. R. Givens and M. P. Kennedy. 1979. Eocene molluscan stages and their correlation, San Diego area, California. Pacific Section SEPM 1979:81-95 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 200739: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.04.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella uvasana
Crassatella uvasana Conrad 1855 clam
subspecies semidentata
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Pitar uvasanus" = Pitar uvasana, Callista soledadensis, "Callista cf. tecolotensis" = Macrocallista tecolotensis
"Pitar uvasanus" = Pitar uvasana Conrad 1855 venus clam
subspecies uvasanus
Callista soledadensis Hanna 1927 venus clam
"Callista cf. tecolotensis" = Macrocallista tecolotensis Hanna 1927 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Spisula cf. bisculpturata" = Mactromeris bisculpturata
"Spisula cf. bisculpturata" = Mactromeris bisculpturata Anderson and Hanna 1925 clam
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella uvasana
Turritella uvasana Conrad 1855 turret shell
subspecies neopleura
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Molopophorus antiquatus
Molopophorus antiquatus Gabb 1864 snail
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
"Surcula" coaequalis
"Surcula" coaequalis Anderson and Hanna 1925 snail